Access server files on davidson.edu from Windows - Employee

Our local file servers, Louise and Susan, are being retired and the data from them have been moved to a new “davidson.edu” server location. Below are the instructions on how to access your server files on “davidson.edu”.

1. Open Windows Explorer.
2. Navigate to “Computer” (Windows 7) or “This PC” (Windows 10).
3. If you already have a drive mapped to Susan, right click on the mapped drive and click disconnect. If not, ignore this step.
   
4. Select the Computer tab and click the Map network drive button.
5. For Drive: select S: (if S is being used, select another drive letter that is free.
6. For Folder enter \\davidson.edu\<folder name> where <folder name> is the name of the original Susan folder location you would like to view.
7. Check the Reconnect at sign-in checkbox.
8. Click Finish
9. You should now see an Explorer window displaying the contents of the folder on the davidson.edu server.